Ezra Clark Jr. (September 12, 1813 – September 26, 1896) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Connecticut
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.
Born in
Brattleboro, Vermont
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, Clark moved with his parents to
Hartford, Connecticut
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, in 1819.
He attended the public schools.
He engaged in business as an iron merchant.
He served as member of the common council and the board of aldermen.
He served as president of the National Screw Co. of Hartford, later consolidated with the American Screw Co. of
Providence, Rhode Island
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.
He served as judge of the municipal court.
Clark was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the
Thirty-fourth Congress and as a
Republican to the
Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Thirty-fourth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Thirty-sixth Congress.
He served as president of the Hartford Board of Water Commissioners 1882–1895.
He served as president of the Young Men's Institute of Hartford for many years.
He died in
Hartford, Connecticut
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, September 26, 1896.
He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.
References
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1813 births
1896 deaths
Politicians from Brattleboro, Vermont
Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives